Jane Howie (former Chair and founding member of the successful Keighley Creative Space), took on the Management of the building on behalf of East Street Arts in February 2020. The building houses a variety of artist studio spaces, as well as a charity shop and community engagement activities.
Small World Cultural Arts Collective (est. 1999) have been based at Keighley Arts Hub since last year, providing young people with choices, opportunities and support, and using creativity as the tool with which to do that. Activities include diversionary arts activities helping to navigate the education, employment and housing pathways, as well as social and emotional support.
Sam Atkins, who runs the group, has said that using the space provided by East Street Arts has freed up her time dramatically by reducing tasks such as building management and fundraising to pay for premises, allowing her to spend more time being creative and working with with the participants.
Other activity in the space includes Jane Howie’s upholstery work, Lisa Holmes; CIC Photo Hub including darkroom, photography studio and workshops, Erzebet; a book binder and Morwenna Catt; Textile Artist, Designer & Illustrator.
The front and side windows are used to display art created by studio holders and groups using the building. Small World and Keighley Arts Hub have also recently secured some funding from the Craven Trust to run a ‘People’s Gallery’, which will open in late October 2021 at the front of the building.
You can find out more about our temporary spaces here.
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Season For Change Evaluation Report Published
Artsadmin and Julie’s Bicycle have published a report revealing the impact Season for Change has had on the climate...
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Opportunities
Digital Producer
This is an exciting and dynamic role within the East Street Arts team, working across multiple programmes and teams to consider the learning and legacy of projects as artist resources.
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Event
Cinema Memories Walking Tour
Hyde Park Picture House will be hosting a short walking tour to visit some of the many historical cinema locations in the city centre, culminating at the old cinemas of New Briggate.
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Step inside St. John’s Church
St John’s church is packed with 17th-century pews to seat a large urban congregation.
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Jewish Heritage of New Briggate
Nigel Grizzard, Leeds Jewish historian, leads a tour focussing on the Jewish involvement in the area.
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Protest and The Plaza
Join performance artist Harry Clayton-Wright as they share their research journey for an upcoming and exciting project, offering an alternative history of New Briggate involving stories of protest, cult films and from The Plaza cinema.